#38BAD0#38BAD0

#38BAD0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.113 H 211.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#38BAD0
RGBrgb(56, 186, 208)
HSLhsl(189, 62%, 52%)
HSVhsv(189, 73%, 82%)
CMYKcmyk(73.1%, 10.6%, 0%, 18.4%)
CIE-LABlab(69.83, -27.38, -21.17)
CIE-LCHlch(69.83, 34.61, 217.70°)
OKLaboklab(72.92% -0.0963 -0.0589)
OKLCHoklch(72.92% 0.113 211.5)
XYZxyz(30.5701, 40.5090, 65.8701)
Luminance0.4051 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#38BAD0 #D04E38
analogous
#38D09A #38BAD0 #386ED0
triadic
#38BAD0 #D038BA #BAD038
tetradic
#38BAD0 #9A38D0 #D04E38 #6ED038
square
#38BAD0 #9A38D0 #D04E38 #6ED038
split-complementary
#38BAD0 #D0386E #D09A38
monochromatic
#1B6673 #2792A4 #38BAD0 #6ACBDC #9BDCE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31
#38BAD0 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.10
#38BAD0 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BAD0
9.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##38BAD0#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##38BAD01.002.319.109.10
#FFFFFF2.311.0021.0021.00
#0000009.1021.001.001.00
##0000009.1021.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#A8B3D1
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#93A4D0
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00C3C1
Achromatopsia (no color)
#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #38bad0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 186, 208);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.113 211.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85cfde',
    500: '#38bad0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #38bad0;
$custom-light: #85cfde;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#38bad0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 208
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.684,
    "s": 61.789,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72919,
    "c": 0.11287,
    "h": 211.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40513
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#38BAD0
secondary
#D39A91
accent
#5A43E5
background
#F8FCFD
surface
#F0F9FB
border
#CBD2D4
text
#0D1415
muted
#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #38BAD0

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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#38BAD0 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva